[…]year! If you become a Sustaining Member who gives $10 each month you will provide 100 pounds of fish! 100 pounds will feed a recovering Brown Pelican for 20 days. $20 each month will cover the gasoline for 12 trips to Crescent City or Laytonville or Weaverville to transport an orphaned or injured wild animal. Want to bowl us over? A monthly gift of $1000 will cover the cost of our tenancy at Jacoby Creek Land Trust! So, how do you sign up? Easy! Just click on our Donate Now link and when you make your contribution, check the box that […]
[…]not allowed by law. If you use a trap, you have to register it with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and obtain written consent from all neighbors within 150 yards. The dangers of trapping are many! Pets and other non-targeted animals can easily be caught, and any animal in the trap can become seriously injured trying to get out – especially if she’s a mother trying to get back to her babies. Please, call us before resorting to such lethal measures. Keep wild families […]
[…]fluids, vitamins, a dose of a mild pain relieving/ anti-inflammatory drug and a healthy diet of fish, fruit, seed and insects. Within a day, the Raven was standing normally and ready for an outside aviary. Checking feathers and wing function at his release evaluation. After four days we gave another complete exam. Lynda Stockton was able to be on hand. She was astonished at his recovery. Six days later we released the Raven, hopefully wiser now, back to his habitat. We invited to Lynda to join us. She called him Edgar. We called him free. Lynda Stockton of the North […]
[…]their parents can. Not only is trapping cruel, California requires a permit from the Department of Fish and Wildlife to use these traps. Written permission from all neighbors within 150 yards of the trap site is also required. Many people are not aware that relocation is illegal, and worse, usually fatal. Consider how you would respond if you were trapped and taken far from your home, and released to fend for yourself in a community where you don’t know anyone. The law is simple: once an animal is trapped, that animal is to be released on site or killed. Beside […]
[…]makes a big difference for our wild neighbors. The food and water our raccoon kits need, the fish we provide all of our patients, the thousands of insects we feed baby orphaned songbirds. Our medicines and supplies – all of these real things cost real money – money we wouldn’t have without you. Want to make a donation now? Follow this link! Thank […]